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OMB issues e-government pointers
Agencies encouraged to use hightech solutions to reduce paperwork and ensure security
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Police intranet made easier
The Redmond, Wash., Police Department has chosen software that will allow police to quickly post information on an intranet without assistance from information technology staff.
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Army workers get online benefits access
Civilian employees will be able to access an automated center via the phone or the Internet
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Roster Change
Paul Domich last month was named acting director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Boulder, Colo., laboratories.
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HUD setting up data warehouse
To better manage lowincome housing nationwide, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has hired MicroStrategy Inc. to develop a data warehouse
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Whoops! War plans online
A new reserve unit that monitors the Defense Department's presence on the World Wide Web has found an astonishing amount of classified or sensitive material on public sites
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Bringing outsourcing back home
Agencies are finding that the outsourcing of information technology projects is not a panacea. In fact, insourcing the decision to move projects inhouse is picking up the slack when outsourcing fail, according to industry experts.
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N.C. Launches Site That's Not Just for Citizens
North Carolina citizens, businesses and government employees will be able to access all state services through the state's new Web site, called NC@Your Service
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Army enlists Tinseltown
The Army has pulled together a team of cinematography experts from Hollywood to help it harness the technology depicted in the hit movie 'The Matrix' and TV series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' for use in its own next generation of training and simulation systems
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GovHost.com Moves Local Govs Online
Cities and counties now have another option for moving their government services online with the April launch of GovHost.com.
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Kentucky Awards Radio Contract
The Kentucky State Police recently awarded a $22.8 million contract to Motorola Inc. for a statewide digital two-way radio system. The new Astro 25 system will replace the agency's analog model, which is more than 20 years old and in constant need of repair.
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Recipe for PBO
Agencies with operations that do not have clear, measurable results are not suited to become performance-based organizations.
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The right stuff
Government is entering a new era in which information technology will transform the way it works. But who will lead the charge?
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DISA planning DMS upgrade
Hundreds of management workstations used in the Defense Message System will be replaced because of technical glitches and outdated software
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Juggling act
For years now, as the government payroll has gotten smaller, federal agencies have been told they must learn to use technology to 'do more with less.' In the coming years, doing more with less likely will mean outsourcing some IT projects altogether, which creates a new set of management problems.
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E-recruitment
For many agencies, the next generation of IT leaders is already toiling among their ranks, but with the projected exodus of IT workers during the next five years, other agencies will need to attract new talent.
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Performance is agency's trademark
Work force- and technology- related changes at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office appear to have broad support since USPTO officially became a performance-based organization (PBO) in March.
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Portals New Starting Point for Service
State and local governments looking to build World Wide Web portals these days have a healthy market of software and services from which to choose.
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For Success, the Top-Down Approach Isn't Enough
To build an e-government, you need e-workers. That is the simple premise of an ambitious proposal put forward last month by U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).
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